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What do we sell in business now? What's the cry of every other dot-com commercial? Information. We sell access. We sell ideas. So what are (motivational speakers) doing? Selling another idea.

Joanne Ciulla

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The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work
— Joanne Ciulla
BetrayalLifePromise
It's about fairness, ... not being unmotivated. Issues of fairness such as not being treated with respect, being talked to in a condescending way -- these are the things that really bother people at work. Instead of having motivational speakers or worrying about psychological issues of, 'How do we make everybody feel good?' I say the fundamental grounds for making people feel good is treating them well.
— Joanne Ciulla
Respect
Very often, companies try to get these quick highs instead of fixing the more fundamental questions of fairness and being treated with respect,
— Joanne Ciulla
if work has really improved since the beginning of the century or if it is just clothed in fancy terms and done in cleaner, better-lighted places.
— Joanne Ciulla
BeginningWork
Somebody who doesn't have a lot of self-confidence, ... Somebody who feels the need to have some kind of pep talk, who's not self-motivated.
— Joanne Ciulla
ConfidenceSelf